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INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY AND SERVICES DELIVERY IN NIGERIA
CHAPTER 1:
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Study
Information
technology (IT) is the application of computers and telecommunications
equipment to store, retrieve, transmit and manipulate data, often in the
context of a business or other enterprise. The term is commonly used as a
synonym for computers and computer networks, but it also encompasses other
information distribution technologies such as television and telephones. Several
industries are associated with information technology, including computer
hardware, software, electronics, semiconductors, internet, telecom equipment,
engineering, healthcare, e-commerce and computer services (Wikipedia, 2015).
World
population now exceeds six billion of which more than 4.7 billion reside in the
developing world. As the population is increasing there is a need to find ways
of improving efficiency and quality of health care delivery systems in
developing countries especially in Nigeria where this research is conducted.
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has been identified as a vehicle
with the potential to improve the quality of health care systems as well as the
efficiency and service delivery of the health workers both in the developed and
developing countries. Information and communication technologies have changed
the face of the world we live in (Jensen, 1998).
ICT enables
people to communicate with family, friends and colleagues around the world
instantaneously, gain access to global libraries, information resources, and
numerous other opportunities. ICT may also bring an improvement in health care
service delivery systems. So, we may define information technology as one of
the driving forces of globalization.
Since the
year 2001, there has been a revolutionary growth in the telephony industry
which is a major branch of information technology in Nigeria. This is expected
to have permeated the health care institutions with significant positive impact
on health care service delivery. Two years after the introduction of GSM in
Nigeria, conducted an interview among medical practitioners in some Nigerian
teaching hospitals to find out the current level of utilization of telephones
for health care service delivery. They noted that medical experts use their
personal mobile phones to facilitate patient care at their own expense. Neither
the government nor hospital management had taken up the responsibility.
Currently, the number of GSM service providers in the country has increased
significantly and all of them keep rolling out several service options or
packages including internet services with varying benefits to attract customers
(Agboola, 2003). Although, A GSM based referral system was developed, validated
and recommended for use in the primary health care centres. The extent to which
the growth in telecommunication has impacted tertiary health care service
delivery and how far this has enhanced the development of an ICT –driven health
care practice in Nigeria is still to be known. This has necessitated the need
for study into the relationship between information technology and service
delivery in tertiary hospitals in River State.
The
production of quality health-care service delivery in a country is guided by
the level of the information technology infrastructure possessed and used by
that country. A good information technology infrastructure, therefore, is a
prerequisite for enhancing the well-being of a country. Gates (1999) reported
that intra- and inter-organizational networks in some advanced countries
function like a digital neural system of the organization. Thus, he inferred
that information communication for health purposes has shifted from the largely
manual or physical documentary method to digital communication. He further
stated that such access to information technology has helped disseminate
information to the rest of the world. American doctors are now able to
collaborate as often and as quickly as they want with other medical doctors in
other parts of the world through the use of information technology. For
example, while examining a patient, a medical doctor might be able to send an
electronic x-ray of a patient to a leading expert in another country who could
readily interpret and provide more details of the disease or condition, as well
as send feedback to the medical doctor all within a few minutes. Medical
researchers, in their research and application processes, can use the Internet
to identify research issues, search literature databases, seek out information
on surveys and clinical trials, and published research results.
1.2 Statement of the Problem
Several
studies have reported on information technology use among medical and health
workers reported that while information technology capabilities (personal
computers, mobile phones, Internet) were available in Nigerian teaching
hospitals, mobile phones were spreading fast. Information technology has
greatly advanced the course of health delivery in advanced countries. It is
also a known fact that computers and mobile phones were in use in all the
teaching hospitals but not much Internet connectivity was available, meaning
that most of the medical experts used external (non hospital) Internet
services, such as cybercafés, for even rudimentary Internet access, such as
e-mail. Several research further explained that while just 1.4% of the medical
staff did not use the Internet in any fashion, the vast majority (70.7%) of
those using the Internet did so only for e-mail. However, the researcher is
examining the effect of information technology on service delivery in Nigerian
Teaching hospitals
1.3 Purpose/objectives of the Study
The
following are the objectives of this study:
1. To determine the level of use of information
technology in the tertiary hospitals in Rivers State.
2. To examine the relationship between
information technology and service delivery in tertiary hospitals in Rivers
State.
3. To ascertain the factors limiting the use of
information technology in tertiary hospitals in Rivers State.
1.4 Research Questions
1. What is the level of use of information
technology in the tertiary hospitals in Rivers State?
2. What is the relationship between information
technology and service delivery in tertiary hospitals in Rivers State?
3. What are the factors limiting the use of
information technology in tertiary hospitals in Rivers State?
1.5 Research Hypothesis
HO: There is
no significant relationship between information technology and service delivery
in tertiary hospitals in Rivers State.
HA: There is
significant relationship between information technology and service delivery in
tertiary hospitals in Rivers State.
1.6 Significance of the Study
The
following are the significance of this study:
1. Findings from this study will educate the
administrators in the Nigeria health sector on the benefit of information
technology on service delivery if applied in the tertiary hospitals.
2. This research will also serve as a resource
base to other scholars and researchers interested in carrying out further
research in this field subsequently, if applied will go to an extent to provide
new explanation to the topic.
1.7 Scope of the Study
This study
on information technology and service delivery will cover the level of use of
information technology based system in the tertiary hospitals in Rivers state
considering its effect on health care service delivery.
1.8 Limitation of the study
1. Financial constraint– Insufficient fund
tends to impede the efficiency of the researcher in sourcing for the relevant
materials, literature or information and in the process of data collection
(internet, questionnaire and interview).
2. Time constraint– The researcher will
simultaneously engage in this study with other academic work. This consequently
will cut down on the time devoted for the research work.
1.9 Definition of Terms
Information
technology: the study or use of systems (especially computers and
telecommunications) for storing, retrieving, and sending information.
Tertiary
hospitals: A tertiary referral hospital (also called a tertiary hospital,
tertiary referral center, or tertiary care center, or tertiary center) is a
hospital that provides tertiary care, which is health care from specialists in
a large hospital after referral from primary care and secondary care.
REFERENCES
Jensen, M.
(1998). Africa Internet Connectivity: Information and Communication
technologies (ICTs) Telecommunications, Internet and Computer Infrastructure in
Africa.. Retrieved from The Association for Progressive Communications Web
site: http://www3.sn.apc.org/africa/
Agboola,
A.A. ‚Inform Technology, Bank Automation
and Attitude of Workers in Nigerian Banks‛ in Journal of Social Sciences,
Kamla-Raj Enterprises, Gali Bari Paharwali,
India, 2003
Gates, E.W.
(1999) ‚Information Technology in the
Nigerian Health Industry‛ Spectrum Ibadan, 2000.
Wikipedia
(2015): www.wikipedia.com
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